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Your Family
Committed: Find family activities that will get everyone's heart pumping
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Commit to this action for your family to help overcome the obesity epidemic.
How to Be More Physically Active as a Family
- Find aerobic activities, increase your heart beat, and breathe harder) that you enjoy doing together as a family.
- Take an after-dinner walk.
- Play active games—like Frisbee, catch, or hide-and-go-seek.
- Be active instead of watching TV.
- Find local public parks, playgrounds, or athletic fields where your family can be active together.
- Use active transportation.
- For example, walk or ride bikes to school or to the store instead of taking a car.
- Set family goals for being active together more often.
- Plan active family vacations so that they include walking, hiking, biking or other activities you can do as a family.
The information included on this site is for educational purposes only. It is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice.
Fact
Kids who are active have better blood pressure and better cholesterol levels on average than those who aren't.
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